Beer cooling and purifying apparatus.



PATQENTED MAR; 24, 19 081 V. F. BOEHM. BEER COOLING AND PURIFYINGAPPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC 17, 1906.

"VALENTINE r. BOEEM,

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OF CHICAGO, ELLEBHIHS.

BEER COOLING AND BURIEYIQNG: AiFK 'AEZJATUS.

S'pecifioation of Letters ifi'zr'oenb.

Appifmation filed Ilecemoer 15, 155%. How 5542,2593

To all whom i' mosy ooncer-n."

it known first I, VALEN'MNE F. BO'EHM, citizen. oi the United. States,and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,have invenfied certain new end useful Improvements in a, Beer Coolingend i 'ori iyiog Apperetoe oi 'w'hioh the following e oi cieer, endexec- L- riescri tatioo.

Iii-y irwcr oion remiss to the means empioyed in. iii .ooolinr and.purifying draft beer, and its object is, 'irst, "to keep the beer in aperfectly pore mod whoiesome coodition; second, to 1d she possibility ofth as, air end. foam iioing expelled. from the 2D some faucet irorto.Whioh the beer is drawn; third, prevent the beer ioeooniing oontsminotedby the chemise} .reectiorr resulting from its standing in metaiiic pipesfor any oon idersbie length of time; fourth, enebie tit. r. some toremove the dross end surface impurities frorrx the beer wherife freshbojrrel or keg; is opened, and also drain tho ooocemrotes end seeiimontfrom the bottom of she or hem-e1 when the some is about exhmisteci, andfifth, to {grenade for/the expeditious endihorough o sensing of the aporetus, substantially as hereinafter fol 3* described and asparticuieriy "pointed out in the claims.

in she drewin szFigure 1 is e vertical longitudinal section throogh myirrrproved sop-armors. 2 is o "vertical transverse seotion token ondotted line 22, Fig 1.

Fig. is a side elevation of-o modified form F of the reservoir of thesome. Fig. 4 is e do tail View of an automatic biowofi which con be useoin connection with -my invention if desired.

In the drawings A represents a. recmnguier or other suitably shaped boxor receptacle in which my improvements can be conveniently placed andpacked in broken ice or other cooiing medium; and B represents ereservoir which hes, as shown 11mm drawings,

substantially cylindrical shaped. body with rounded ends, end issupported ,obove the bottom of the box A by suitable legs o, a. Thisreservoir B may be of any other shape desired, so long as itsconstruction is such as oo permit its use in connection with the otherfeatures of my invention, hereinafter fully desoribed.

-At about its center of lengththe reservoir 1% is provided with on inlettu be'b, which enters its bottom and is connected etits lower end to ehorizontal pipe." or tube C,

; one brzmch of Whioh extends, pro? through the rear of the oooiiog b c.cock 0, tube" D i'eediog to the .Toeer barrel or keg. The other broocho? the or tube G ex tending; in the opposite direction Tom the inlettube 2), extends out through the from of the box mod terminates in o,fewest E, which be ooorlectod direoxiiy to the from; of mid. host orsome ot er port of the bor fixtores, according as deer r-(i Tiihe reservoir B is provioedwitii o gas and air very; which, prefer oiy,consists of e.- tohe of some nested. 50 and reading fromii'e eop, hiofoexends so the front of the box, Where it letter, like the foocet E, maybe connected ciireotiy to the front of the box A or to some other portof the her fixto s. At about .center of iroigiiin the reservoir isprovided 8h. s disohsrgq-a pipe or Lube (1-, shown in she new ings,exionds from one end of the reservoir is the from of the box, Where itisprrwided. with e fmicec if tie-- sired this ouelet pipe tube mightextend through a suiteble peeked. opening in the from; of'ihe box end.to and. be connected with. o, faucet; oonoeo 'iiilereto or to on y oiherport tie be? ii: AI'OS wihhil'i (ZOKPV'i-Bfih iezot rosoh oi. the "o.-'teioder.

I refer to moire the reservoir B; 1e tube or pipe i) the tube or pipeof, erro the outlet pipe or: tube 6' of g ro-so although it Wooid. cepossioie to moire theso ports oi? some surtohie erremeied were, or, evenof mere although I prefer, possible 11') ovoid the use oi' the letter,except Wfl. the connections and. fittings, it rosy be :oeeessery to usein connection with the z'rpporetos ore concerned.

After the apps-rows been cleansed ettaohillg 11 Water suppiy hose tocook. 1* and permibfim; the Water to flow ihorethrouqh into e reservoirB eod ow;- oi"'O'Ugi1 t faucet E, I close cock F and ifs-ricer E, andopen. the sbop'oooir c, and thus permitting the oeerto flow through pipeinto the reservoir suifioientiy 2:0 carry the dross end. surieoeiin'puriiiee from the barrel, Wbere upon the stop-cook c is oioseri, endsaid dross and impurities .re drained from the ripper rotors out throughfences E. (nosing the faucet E'egein, I; again. open "9* s'i'. p-eoci:c, and. this time permit U peer to flow into and iii the reservoi Wgolf/i1 the gas and air in the upper 13 V she reservoir creates e bookpressure scieils to prevent the furnieh. is connected to file *oipe or Iterminates in e sui/sebie "reliooocir F, which which,

I from the said which may be more or less cloudy and con- 5 connectionwith steam boilers and generators,

ther accumulation of beer therein, whereupon I or air may collect. Iopen the vent cock F and allow the escape reservoir, the initialaccumulation of gas, air of said gas, air and foam and the ure beer andfoam is drawn ofi through any suitable to completely fill the reservoirunti it begins i discharge-pipe, (not shown), after which the to flowfrom said vent-cock. The vent-cock beer, after a very slight dischargeof foam, is then closed, and the a paratus is then in i will flow purefrom the reservoir. condition to permit of t' e pure beer being I do notdesire to be confined in the-use of drawn from a point in the reservoir,Where my improved apparatus to the sale of draft the beer will always bein a pure condition,

1 beer, as t is possible and indeed in some innamely, above the pointwhere any possible stances desirable-tor use in connection with sedimentmay collect, and below the point soda fountains. All such adaptions ofmy Where foam or gas or air may accumulate.

In this modified form of When the barrel'or keg of beer is practicallytions 1n the s ape of the reservoir, or in the exhausted, the sedimentand residual beer,

construction of the fixtures and connections used in conjunctiontherewith, I desire to be understood as contemplated Within the scope ofmy invention.

What I claim as new is 1. An apparatus for purifying and coolingcentrated, can be drawn ofi through the faucet E, and after this isdone, the apparatus can be Washed in the manner hereinbefore explained,and made ready for a fresh keg or barrel. beer comprlsmg a suita lereceptacle, a su If desired, instead of the vent tube (1 and ply-pipeeritendlng directly and entire y cock F, some automatic blow-ollior theesi through sa1d receptacle, a reservoir above ply-pipe havingcommunication therewit 1, awake-controlled exit for said supply-pipeoutside of said receptacle, and an' outlet-pipe connected to saidreservoir I above its bottom and provided with a valvecape of the airand gas from the reservoir Sa d Su may be provided, similar'to' that inuse in substantially shown ings, in which the gas outlet tube h isprovided at its upper end with a suitable metailic riin j, the exitopening of which provides a valve-scat, that is closed by a valve Ii,secured to a lever I, which latter is fuli crumed at one end betweenlugs arising l rim, and extends diametrically across the mouth of saidoutlet-pi e, and is )rovided with a suitable adjustable Weight il at theother end. I

In Fig. 3 I show a modified form of my invention in which the reservoirK is shown as inclined. upwards from the lowermost point, bottom andprovided with a where it is connected by means of the inletexit,outsidetube to the intake pipe or tube L. This 1 leading from the top of saidreservoir and modified form of reservoir dispenses with the I providedwith a valve-controlled exit outside vent-cock d, or automatic blow-ptfshown in I of said receptacle. Fig. 4 of the drawings, and is providedwith a i In testimony whereof I have hereunto set tapering dischargeopening M, the up er side my hand and seal this l lth day of December,

in Fig. 4 of the drawcontrolled exit.

2. Anap'paratus for urilying and cooling beer comprising a suitablereceptacle, a valve-controlled su ply-pipe extending directly andentirely tlirough the same, a reservoir above said supplyipe, a pipeleading from. the bottom of sai nected to said supply-pipe mediate theends thereof, a valve-controlled exit for said sup- I ply-pipe." outsideof said receptacle, an out valve-controlled of said receptacle, and avent of the approach of which is so shaped as not A. I), 1906.

to leave a shoulder to the reservoir in which VALENTINE F; BOEHIYI. [L.s] gas or air or foam. may collect, thus reducing Vitnesses:

to a minimum'the surface area of'the beer FRANK D. THOMASON,

Within the reservoir above which foam or gas 1 E. K. LUNDY.

reservoir and cone't-prpe/connected to said reservoir above its

